Final Fantasy All the Bravest Is An Insult to Fans of the Series

Despite being filled to the brim with nostalgic elements from throughout the Final Fantasy series, All the Bravest is a cash grab through and through and everything wrong with the industry.
(Final Fantasy: All The Bravest, iPad, iPhone, Mobile)

I'm hoping that this gen they were just experimenting with things a little so they know what not to do in the future.

So far I have: - make a linear ff game not even the greatest ff fans will love. - make a sequel to said game that no one wants. - make a sequel to the sequel of said game that no one wants. - announce a game, make it look awesome, then don't release it, even though everyone wants it. - make an iphone game where you basically just click on characters to attack. - make an mmo that is so bad they can't charge a subscription on it for 2 years. Then re-release it under a different name. - Don't remake/update good games that the fans actually do want to see.

I don't have doubts about FFVS13 because of one man. Tetsuya Nomura, he has been part of some of my favorite games and has produced/directed one of one of my favorite series to date. So, my hope is still there, if he leaves before the game ships, then I will have doubts.

Also, it's their second game that has been in development the longest. Final Fantasy XII was the previous holder, with over 5 years in development and we know how well that sold and turn out.

I heard it made it to the top 25 itunes paid apps. So quite a few people must of already bought it.

I'm done with Square Enix, everyone holds onto hope (me included) that one day they will go back to making Final Fantasy games from the old days but it's never going to happen. It's been nearly 12 years since Final Fantasy X was released and several years since FFXII and what have we got since then? There's no going back for this company with the FF series, all they will keep doing is making half assed FF games which are nothing like what a true Final Fantasy game should be, full of DLC and keep releasing the old games to keep the nostalgia going. That new Lightning costume is an insult to the creators of FFVII and it's fans.

The gameplay looks fine, but all those costly features are absolutely ridiculous. It still looks fun, but I really doubt it'll be worth all that money in the long run. This is a terrible move, not because of the brand, but industry-wise. In that sense though, I don't see how this is an insult to fans of the series.

You don't? Taking series characters, putting them in the most barebones game possible, and then making everything completely random and charging money to phoenix down your party? You don't see that as an insult?

No, I don't. I just won't be buying it. They're a company and if they want to make a grab for some extra cash, so be it. No one is twisting your arm to play this game and I honestly doubt they are actually trying to piss people off. If anything, they just don't care and neither should you.

But....it has cloud in it. I thought by raging I've only played ff7 and actually know nothing about the series fanboys, anything with cloud in it is a divine gift and that's why the majority of haters actually hate ff13 because its clearly not because of the atb based battle system that ff7 also has.

Actually this looked really neat but then they said for cellphones and it killed any interest I had. If it were on vita or the 3ds it would be must buy title.

What insult? Hey these games sold well and we had these planned from the start so here is the final game in the lightning saga? Or oh hey, we're working hard on verses 13 and there had been a ton on information so just be patient till we're ready to release?

I don't like or consider mobile apps actual games but its not an insult. There is a market that they see potential in.... It's called business, could they have made a vita or 3ds version, sure, but its not an insult because they didn't.

and it's not the fact that it's on iOS that makes it a problem... I like theatrythme on iOS, but in this, there's no gameplay to speak of, it's 4$(which is alot for iOS) and it adds micro transactions on top of it all.

this game is purely using the final fantasy name, characters, and music to make money, this is NOT an attempt at fan service or at advancing the franchise

Yeah, they should embrace the fact that game quality has gone down while the cumulative price has gone up. I don't know why anyone's miffed about that.

Edit: Did I say everyone should flip out? Did I? I don't see anywhere where anyone encouraged that. I am confused by your remark below. Can you please link to where I said "people should flip out and rage on forums about it."? I can't find that.

FromSoftware, Namco, Level 5, and of course Atlus, all have surpassed square enix in a huge way, they still listen to fans and make fun role playing games, Final Fantasy is nowhere near as good as they like to think, which is sad because i was a HUGE Final Fantasy fan, i hope they will start making better decisions at Square Enix.